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Sunday, 26 April 2015

The fourth annual Fish4Kidz Children's Beach Fishing Competition was held on Sunday 26th April and was a FANTASTIC SUCCESS!!
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Fish4Kidz is an annual FREE Children's Beach Fishing Competition for youngsters aged between 5 - 16yrs which was established in 2012. This unique event was founded by Steve Frost of the Eastbourne Nomads Angling Club, and for the past 4 years the organisation of annual Fish4Kidz events has involved close collaboration between local angling clubs, fishing tackle shops and the RNLI, with support from local MP Stephen Lloyd.

Fish4Kidz Organising Committee

Steve Frost and Glyn Morgan - booking in

Kevin Morgan - sorting the rods

A huge amount of organisaton needs to be done before the children start arriving at 10.30 am.
The event saw 72 children fishing from Eastbourne beaches in drizzly, damp conditions, and nearly 50 of them catching fish!

Nikki

Aniyah

Harvey

Connor

This was a Catch and Release Competition fished from 12 midday til 2.30pm, with entrants being grouped by age (5-9yrs, 10-12yrs, and 13-16yrs),

Josie

Biggest Flat Fish

Ollie

Morgan

Josephine

The rods and reels used in the event were donated by Rovex Masterline, and much of the angling equipment given out as prizes was donated by Pure Fishing tackle company. Terminal tackle given out in goody bags, was kindly supplied by Tronix Pro .Crisps and drinks for all the children were supplied by our own Eastbourne Bookers.
Fishing rigs supplied to all the children were made and donated by a local fishing rig maker.

This year the RNLI ,as well as supplying loads of goodies for the goody bags, also donated mugs and hats so that all the children that caught fish went home with a prize.
In addition many local bait diggers, including a number of the stewards, got up early to dig bait which was donated free to support the event.

Tianna and Reon

Ellie

Children were all accompanied by adults, as well as being under guidance from local experienced anglers who had volunteered their time to act as Stewards.

Glyn Morgan of Anglers Den - Assisted Casting

Steve Frost with Aniyah (5yrs)

Steve Tibbals with Tianna

This year fishing time was adjusted to try to ensure more children caught fish! The inclusion of face painting, balloon modelling and a barbeque back at the Angling Club also ensured that, after the competition, children and their families waiting for the results were successfully kept happy, fed and entertained!

Face Painting

BBQ and Balloon Modelling

Final Results - by age group

Every participant who caught a fish was awarded a prize, presented by Eastbourne MP Stephen Lloyd, who has been a keen supporter of this event since it began in 2012.

The Overall Winner of Fish4Kidz 2015 Callum Jones (15yrs)

Prize Winners

A huge THANK YOU is owed to the stewards who give up their day to offer Fish4Kidz entrants the opportunity to experience the joys of beach fishing, and so help to safeguard the future of our sport.

The organising committee for Fish4Kidz is already planning ahead for Fish4Kidz 2016!

Congratulations goes to Ian Hopper who won this series of Over 50s Competitions, and also Congratulations to Mike Perfect who came second and who organises these comps, and to Keith Erridge who came in third!

The Next Series of Over 50s Competitions will commence in September 2015.

Fortnightly Over 50s Beach Competitions run throughout the autumn/winter in Pevensey Bay and are co-ordinated from Anglers Den. These comps usually take place on a weekday, over lunchtime.

The first competition of the new series will be held on Tuesday 15th September 11am - 3pm.

Sunday, 19 April 2015

The
clubs presentation night was held on Wednesday 11th March at the
Ocean View Bakery with over 25 members in attendance. The trophy winners
included Martin Payne winning the junior championship as well as the junior
sole cup, bass cup, species cup and cod cup! Jim Whippy won the senior sole cup
as well as the best flatfish in club comps with the same fish, also winning the
species cup with 15 species, the in
match species cup with 10, and the pairs trophy with Les Glazzard. The bass cup
was won by Shaun Mitchell with 5lb 7oz, the smoothound cup by Paul Parsons with
4lb 3 ½ oz and the cod cup Kevin Morgan with 5lb 14oz. Dennis Puttick won the
best round fish in club matches with a bass of 4lb 1oz. The biggest dab was a
club record fish of 1lb for Adrian Darker and the biggest whiting also a club
record of 1lb 12 ¼ oz for John Craig. Colin Everest also broke a club record
with a rockling of 7 ¾ oz. The heaviest flounder was 1lb 2 ¾ oz for Colin
Isaacs and Colin also shared the spring cup with Shawn Smith with 69 points.
The club champion for 2014 was Dan Wood with Colin Isaacs runner up.

Anderida Trophy Winners

On
Wednesday 18th March 19 anglers fished in Pevensey Bay with Malcolm
Payne catching a mixed bag including a codling and flounder for 3lb 4oz. Second
was David Tame with 2lb 12 ¼ oz, third Colin Everest with 2lb 5 ½ oz and fourth
Phil Taylor with 2lb ¾ oz. The heaviest round was a codling of 2lb 3 ½ oz for David
Tame and the heaviest flat a flounder of 10 ½ oz for Tim Lane.

On
Wednesday 1st April 19 anglers again fished in Pevensey Bay with
Darren Mitchell landing 2 codling and some whiting for a winning weight of 7lb
6 ¾ oz. Second was Colin Isaacs with 6lb, third Rod Reynolds with 5lb 13 ½ oz
and joint fourth Martin Payne and Phil Metcalf with 5lb ½ oz. The heaviest
round was a codling of 3lb 3 ½ oz for Darren Mitchell and the heaviest round a
flounder of 12 ¼ oz for Dan Wood.

THE
EASTBOURNE NOMADS

The
club fished a match on Monday 16th March with 24 anglers fishing at
Langney Point. The winner with 5lb 7oz was Phil Chapman including the biggest
fish, a codling of 4lb 1 ¼ oz. Second was Paul Parsons with 2lb 15oz, third
Gerald Sargeant with 2lb 11 ¼ oz and fourth Tony Kirrage with 2lb 4oz. The
heaviest flatfish was a flounder of 7 ¼ oz for Gerald Sargeant.

PEVENSEY
BAY ANGLING CLUB

On
Sunday 22nd March 28 anglers fish in Pevensey Bay, in calm
conditions Jo Plumstead fishing near Alices Pipe landed two codlings for a
weight of 4lb 5 ¼ oz to win! Second was his brother Ollie with 3lb 12 ½ oz,
third Paul King with 3lb 6 ¾ oz and fourth Gerald Sargeant with 3lb 6oz.
Biggest flatfish was a plaice of 1lb ½ oz for Gerald Sargeant and the biggest
round a codling of 2lb 14oz for Paul King.

Joe Plumstead

OVER
FIFTIES MATCHES

On
Tuesday 24th March 23 anglers fished at Whitehorses with Ian Hopper
catching 2lb 7 ¼ oz to win the match. Second was Sam Samson with 1lb ¼ oz, third Mike Perfect with 13 ½ oz and
fourth Dave Rudland with 12 ¼ oz. Biggest flat was a flounder with 13 ½ oz for
Mike Perfect and the heaviest round was 3 ¾ oz for Dave Rudland.

On
Tuesday 7th April the fishing was again scratchy with Fred Wassell
winning with 1lb 3 ½ oz. Second was Tony Bush with 1lb 2 ¼ oz, third Paul
Christopher with 14 ½ oz and fourth Taylor Solerno with 13 ¼ oz. The heaviest
round was a whiting of 4 ¼ oz for Alan Smith and the heaviest flat a flounder
of 14 ½ oz for Paul Christopher.

THE
RAILWAY TAVERN FISHING CLUB

The
6th round of the Railway Tavern club ws fished on Saturday 21st
March in Pevensey Bay. First was Mathew Brown with whiting pout and ling for
3lb 2oz. Second Paul Spiers with 1lb 5oz and third Ian Bishop and Dennis
Puttick with 1lb. Heaviest flat was a flounder of 7 oz for Fred Puttick and
heaviest round a whiting of 7oz for Kevin Merner.

On
Sunday 5th April Mathew Brown won the match with 13 ½ oz, second was
Jason Anderson with 10 ½ oz and third Steve Merner with 7oz. The heaviest round
was a whiting of 5oz for Peter Fountain.

GENERAL

On
Monday 23rd March Chris Voller fished near Billy’s Tower in Normans
Bay and managed to catch some nice plaice!!!
Then a week later fishing in the same area Rod Hutchinson used salted
and oiled frozen lug o catch a nice codling of 3lb 8oz. Gary Banfield fish along Eastbourne Seafront
recently and landed several nice plaice and flounder!! February through to
April has been a good season for this area as when its been rough the codling
have appeared and on calm days the plaice! Happy days!!! The Eastbourne Charter boats have been
enjoying some god fishing with plenty of cod and Pollack from off-shore wrecks!
With several fish into the high 20’s being caught on Deep Blue in recent weeks.

Thursday, 9 April 2015

The sun is out, and so are the plaice, as Gary Banfield shows after a good session fishing at Eastbourne on Thursday 9th April. Gary's catch also included some nice flounder, which were returned.

See the Anglers Den Sussex website for details of shore fishing marks, along the Sussex Coast, from below Eastbourne's Beachy Head, past Langney Point through Pevensey Bay to Cooden, near Bexhill-On-Sea. Click here for Fishing Mark Information

The beach along this stretch varies dramatically from the shingle beaches towards the east at Cooden, with shallow flats exposed at low water, contrasting with the cliffs at Beachy Head and the rock Marks towards the west.

Fishing Mark information advises what seasonal fish species to target, and of fishing tactics, tackle and bait.

Wednesday, 1 April 2015

Anderida Beach Fishing Club held it's seventh beach competition of 2015 on Wednesday 1st April in Pevensey Bay, East Sussex, UK with 19 anglers fishing.
The main species caught were codling and dogfish.